Flubber

1997

Action / Comedy / Family / Sci-Fi

81
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 33% · 38 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 33% · 250K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.3/10 10 99308 99.3K

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Plot summary

Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air.

Director

Les Mayfield Photo
Les Mayfield

Top cast

Raymond J. Barry Photo
Raymond J. Barry as Chester Hoenicker
Scott Martin Gershin Photo
Scott Martin Gershin as Flubber
Clancy Brown Photo
Clancy Brown as Smith
Sam Lloyd Photo
Sam Lloyd as Coach Willy Barker
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862.85 MB
1280*692
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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862.97 MB
1280*692
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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1.73 GB
1916*1036
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 83
1.73 GB
1916*1036
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 11

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by daisukereds 4 / 10

Quixotic Movie

A very basic and childish movie. It's fast paced, chaotic and nonsensical.. enough to keep the kids interested. As a grown up, it might make your eyes roll a few times.There's not much to say other than it makes little sense, specially when the invention of a flying car comes AFTER the flying talking and sentient AI robot. Even as a Robin Williams film, this isn't particularly fun or worth a watch. Marcia Gay Harden and Christopher McDonald look too much like brother to make it awkward when they are "romantically involved". And the bad guy and plot are like 20 minutes of the movie. Wil Wheaton is hilariously bad (as he often is).I'm inclined to seek out and watch the "Absent-Minded Professor" (1961), since this is a remake of that (thing I didn't know until recently).. and looks apt for the time it was made. Which might explain why this 1997 adaptation doesn't work for me at all.
Reviewed by JuniorAndTwinsFanForLife 5 / 10

"You're in big trouble though, pal. I eat pieces of **** like you for breakfast!"

Robin Williams is a comedic genius, but this is one of his more forgettable films. He's an extraordinary talent, but his character in "Flubber" just lacks that charming, classic Robin Williams magic.The antagonists are also quite lacking. There's a duo of two doofus goons, a derivative plot device used in almost every kids movie from the 90's. The standout villain is the guy who plays Shooter McGavin. I don't know his real name, but in this movie he steals the show by trying to pull up on Robin Williams's girl in typical Shooter McGavin style.One notable scene is when Robin Williams throws an apple at the back of Shooter McGavin's head. The scene pays homage to several years prior when Robin Williams threw the lime at the back of Pierce Brosnan's head in "Mrs. Doubtfire".Anyway, speaking of people getting hit in the head, you'll notice this is an overly recurring antic. Everyone keeps getting hit in the head with something: golf balls, bowling balls, basketballs, apples, punches, kicks, it just goes on and on. It was funny the first few times but after the 27th instance it becomes tiresome and lazy.Overall "Flubber" is an unremarkable Robin Williams film. 5/10. Stick with "Mrs. Doubtfire" or "Happy Gilmore".
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